The site is a rock outcrop on a hill top within dense, young, mixed (mostly coniferous) forest in Massachusetts. One side of the hill is steep and rocky, with many caves and crevices suitable for denning. Bobcat, porcupine, coyote, and deer spoor are common on the hill. Susan was the first to place a camera there and to get a bobcat, and ever since then, at least one of us fanatic camera trappers has been spying on the hill top wildlife. In the 2+ years I’ve had a camera up there, I’ve been treated to many photos and videos of bobcats, which seem partial to the soft blanket of moss and lichen you can see in the above photo. A bobcat sometimes rests on that mat, and sometimes marks it with scat or urine. It has also been the site of mom and kitten play time for two consecutive years.

6 Cats Vs The ScatMat - YouTube

Funny thing about the scat mat: the “positive-only” trainers (which is a misnomer) who complained about that video and made suggestions on what I should have done instead failed to read the history on the dog or the set-up of the house. So they didn’t see that their suggestions had already been done or were impossible given the dog’s jumping ability and the layout of the house. I can just imagine them going to a client and telling the client to do something completely unrealistic such as put a new wall in your house… The responders also failed to read that the amount of reinforcement that dog received for a alternate appropriate behaviors in just a few weeks is probably more than they themselves have ever given a dog in a year!:-). (without accidentally rewarding the unwanted behavior a lot in-between). Note that it’s the high reinforcement rates (plus negative punishment) that lead to superfast behavior changes.

Cat Steps On Shock Mat - YouTube

The PetSafe Pawz Away Scat Mat makes teaching your pet to stay out of rooms and off furniture easy!

Depending on the type of correction you select, the Pawz Away pet training mat will provide your pet with a correction the moment your pet steps onto it. Embedded with small internal sensors, the Scat Mat detects when your pet walks on it and transmits a corrective tone or static shock. The static correction is completely safe and won't harm your pet. When the correction is felt underfoot, your pet will "scat" from the area you've made off limits.

The Scat Mat can be placed on the floor, on a piece of furniture, or on top of a table or countertop. It takes just a matter of days for your pet to learn to stay clear of the area that contains the Pawz Away Mat.

Myan The Cat steps on a static shock mat

Gino discovers the Scat Mat - YouTube

The Scat Mat will not stop an animal from scratching,shedding, spraying or making a mess. It can only prevent theanimal from returning to the location where the activity hastaken place thereby breaking the cycle and preventing furtherdamage. Each problem location must be addressedindividually.

PetsN'all Pets-Off Scat Mat to train pets - YouTube

The Scat Mat's effectiveness is limited to location specificproblems with small animals. The following pages providedetailed information about the Scat Mat's capabilities andlimitations, and answers to many typical concerns.